Granted
The Board granted a 30 percent disability rating for gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) due to an approximate balance of positive and negative evidence regarding considerable impairment of health.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the evidence demonstrated persistently recurrent epigastric distress with dysphagia, pyrosis, and regurgitation, accompanied by substernal pain, which warranted a 30 percent rating under the older criteria for GERD.
- Claimed conditions
- gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- February 4, 2025
- Citation
- A25009871
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